Network / Communications Monitors
Appliance monitors key aspects of company's IT health.
Press Release Summary:
Through comprehensive dashboard accessed using virtually any Internet browser, CommandCenter® NOC provides current information on network and systems performance, hardware and software assets, as well as proactive security features to minimize organization's vulnerability to intrusion. Multi-function appliance addresses key IT infrastructure and security management needs of midmarket companies, helping them optimize service levels and gain staff efficiencies.
Original Press Release:
Raritan Unveils Service Management Products and Architecture
-- New Appliances Help Midmarket Companies Simplify Network, Systems and Security Management; Designed to Work with Raritan's Access and Control Solutions --
SOMERSET, N.J. (February 27, 2006) - Building on Raritan's initiative to help organizations simplify IT operations, the company today introduced CommandCenter® NOC (CC-NOC), a management appliance that monitors, notifies and reports on key aspects of an organization's IT health. Additionally, it provides proactive security features that reduce an organization's vulnerability to intrusion.
The company also unveiled a new Service Management Architecture to deliver more powerful management capabilities by integrating IT monitoring tools with out-of-band and in-band remote access solutions.
Through a comprehensive dashboard accessed using virtually any Internet browser, Raritan's new CC-NOC appliance provides current information on network and systems performance, hardware and software assets, as well as security vulnerabilities. The multi-function appliance addresses the key IT infrastructure and security management needs of midmarket companies, helping them to improve service levels and gain staff efficiencies. At the same time, CC-NOC is less expensive than typical enterprise solutions and is simple to install and operate.
"Raritan is the first company to integrate IT monitoring and management capabilities with instant, remote access to IT equipment through KVM- (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) and serial-over-IP solutions," said Sev Onyshkevych, Raritan's marketing vice president. "IT organizations can now pinpoint potential problems and fix them more quickly, easily and cost effectively. For example, when CC-NOC sends an alert notification it will include a link to the problem device. The link can be used by a KVM- or serial-over-IP solution to securely access and facilitate repair of the target equipment from anywhere. This capability will be especially useful for our customers that operate CC-NOC in conjunction with Raritan's centralized access system, CommandCenter Secure Gateway."
CC-NOC, like CommandCenter Secure Gateway, is an element within Raritan's CommandCenter Service Management Architecture. This architecture -- which embraces open standards -- is also designed to integrate with third-party management systems, such as HP OpenView, IBM® Tivoli® and CA(TM) Unicenter®.
According to industry research firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), service management for midmarket businesses has been under served by the IT management industry. "Most solutions are either too costly, too hard to deploy, simply under powered, or all three," said Dennis Drogseth, vice president, EMA. "Raritan's CommandCenter Service Management Architecture, and its combination of service management capabilities with out-of-band and in-band remote access - are both unique and valuable. Through its evolving portfolio, Raritan promises to deliver a mix of ease and sophistication tailored to IT shops with limited resources. With Raritan, companies can step up to best practices for service management without getting buried in complexity and non-relevant detail."
The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) chose CC-NOC to manage its technology lab in Colorado Springs, Colo. "CC-NOC is helping us simplify the complexity of managing a lab with more than 200 pieces of equipment from more than 40 vendors -- and with new equipment being added all the time," said Rick Bauer, technology director at SNIA. "Bravo to Raritan. Their new appliance is simple to install and use. It provides all the right tools to help us improve service uptime, improve security and reduce IT repair costs -- and we didn't have to stress our IT staff with a big learning curve that larger tools require."
CommandCenter NOC Pricing and Availability
The plug-and-play CC-NOC appliances are available worldwide starting today through an extensive global distribution channel of VARs, systems integrators and Managed Service Providers. CC-NOC is available in three models to meet the needs of organizations with less than 100 employees to businesses with 2,500 employees. The appliances start at $5,995 (U. S. List Price). More information on CC-NOC models and capabilities can be found at raritan.com/about_ccnoc.
About Raritan (Raritan.com)
Raritan, based in Somerset, N.J., is a leading provider of products for managing IT equipment and the mission-critical applications and services that run on it. Raritan's highly reliable and responsive IT management solutions - based on KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switches, serial console servers, management software and remote connectivity products - enable companies to proactively monitor and manage system health and vulnerability, as well as troubleshoot, access and repair faults from anywhere, at anytime. This simplifies and accelerates data center work processes - improving service uptime and staff productivity. Raritan's solutions are used to manage more than 50,000 data centers and other IT sites around the world. Raritan's Peppercon OEM division develops, manufactures and markets advanced, hardware-based, remote-management components based on digital KVM-over-IP and IPMI technology. Founded in 1985, Raritan is celebrating 20 years of technical innovation. Raritan has
36 offices worldwide, and its products are distributed in 76 countries. For more information, please visit Raritan.com.
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